People lined up Saturday along the Joyce Boulevard and College Avenue intersection to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline.

"What they're doing there, they're putting up with a way lot worse than what I'm going through out here, and if being out here for three hours is the least that I could do, I would be here," protester Austin Ferguson said.

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Ferguson is part Native American and grew up on the Choctaw Reservation in Oklahoma. He said this issue hits home for him.

He's worried about what will become of Standing Rock's water supply if the pipeline passes through.

"When you don't have fresh water or even running water, like I didn't have growing up, it makes living kind of hard. All they need to do is divert the line, just take it somewhere else where it does not affect them," Ferguson said.

For months, people have traveled to Standing Rock to protest the pipeline passing underneath a nearby lake bordering the reservation. Some of those protesters have been met with violence.

"Those are burial grounds. Those are brothers, sisters, and grandmas and grandpas. Would you want that for your family? I know as Native Americans, we're lower in numbers. That's probably why they're targeting us and they didn't expect to fight like this, but as you can see now, everyone's willing to fight for this. There are so many compassionate, caring people out there," protester Tiffany Holcomb said.

Protesters are also putting a big emphasis on the planet.

"This is our home. This is our land. If we destroy it, we won't have anything to live off of. We can't eat money and drink oil. You can't survive off that stuff. It's very important to represent Mother Nature and pass that on to our children," protester Kimberly Gallina said.